Just a quick reminder to everyone: if you only drink tap water when you go dancing, the venues lose money on the bar and eventually they kick salsa out of the venue. It's just happened to Sabina's night in Barocco. You don't have to drink alcohol but you do need to buy drinks!
Stevie (of Salsamania) once estimated that if they aren't getting a hire fee, a venue needs a dancer to buy around £10 worth of drinks to cover their costs. I don't think many of us buy that much, but at least you should buy something.
I also think venues could help themselves by charging more for soft drinks - eg I'm happy to pay the £1 that La Tasca charges for a pint of lime squash, whereas some other venues charge 50p or less.
The other way to support venues is to go there when you aren't dancing - get a coffee in La Tasca on a non-salsa night, buy a pizza in Zero Degrees, etc.
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Just to clarify my earlier points Tom...
Venues look to make between £5 & £10 per customer midweek and I have that on very good authority! More than that on the weekend...
They'll be happy with the night and therefore less likely to move a Salsa night on if these figures are achieved !!! However, that is still not a guarantee as if a better offer comes the venue's way they'll most likely take it, as they are after all commercial enterprises :-)
Thanks also by the way, for posting the info about the upcoming Fundraiser :-)
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